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From: "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@incunabulum.net>
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Subject: Re: Implement Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
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Luca Da Col wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to know if someone is actively working on MPLS project for
> FreeBSD. I would also like to know if James Leu's MPLS implementation for
> Linux has been considered as starting point for this project.

No one is actively working on this to the best of my knowledge, however, 
there has been work on updating the kernel support for the Click Modular 
Router which would probably be a more appropriate starting point for 
producing an MPLS implementation which would work in the FreeBSD kernel.

BMS